Iran Prepares To Start Up First Nuclear Reactor (ap)

The reactor building of Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen just outside the city of Bushehr 750 miles (1,245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Russia's nuclear chief said Thursday that the planned startup of Iran's first nuclear power plant will demonstrate that Iran is entitled to peaceful use of nuclear energy under international supervision. Sergei Kiriyenko said at a meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the uranium fuel will be loaded into the reactor in Iran's southern port of Bushehr on Saturday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP – Iranian and Russian nuclear technicians made final preparations to start up Iran’s first reactor on Saturday after years of delays, an operation that will mark a milestone in what Tehran considers its right to produce nuclear energy.

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